While Daniel O’Connell’s influence on Belgium, France and Italy is relatively well known, little has been written about his impact on German-speaking lands. By Eda Sagarra When in 1806 Napoleon Buonaparte abolished the 1,000-year-old Holy Roman Empire, in which Catholics had formed a majority of the population and Catholic archbishops commanded extensive wealth and influence … Read more
By Charles Tyner At the time of the Civil War, the United States was a growing power but not yet a ‘great’ one. Vulnerable to the existing European powers, it had to navigate its way carefully through any diplomatic crisis that might undermine it, of which there were several. One such episode was the Trent … Read more
By Kyle McCreanor A tale of false passports, international espionage and grandiose plots in Jazz Age Paris, the story of two Irish republicans aiding a joint Basque and Catalan nationalist initiative to establish independent republics by arms has been shrouded in secrecy and largely unknown to historians. This article sheds light on the intriguing case … Read more